[The aging of language].
Language does not age as long as the cerebral structures which keep it functioning are normal. But one of the vicissitudes of old age is a weakening of linguistic and intellectual abilities caused by the progressive alterations of nervous functions. Language ailment is then rarely isolated but it belongs to a global disorganizing of cerebral functions.
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Neurologue, Linguiste, Hôpital E. Roux, Limeil-Brevannes, France.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D008037:Linguistics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013060:Speech
Le vieillissement du langage.